Will it fit in a Go Pro mount?
One bow mounted one stern mounted.
Guys, missiles not cannon .
Wonât work with the suction mount.
Ok, Ok, maybe a bit too much. Maybe bring back the switchblade paddle as invented by William Nealy (see Whitewater Tales of Terror). Originally designed as a double blade to deal with Floating Undercuts (aka rafts) it could easily be updated to work with a single blade.
Why didnât you tell me about this before I sold my Alaw Bach?? The weight of it might have been helpful to offset the volume.
SSSh! Itâs a secret. Used to aid in summer weekend paddling on the Rifle River.
(Actually, Iâm almost never on a liveried river on summer weekends. I keep that to the off season)
Favorite season on the AuSable:
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I wore neoprene on my paddle this morning. It was warm, but the water is starting to really cool down. I canât wait for cold weather paddling when Iâll be the only one out there! I think Iâm really going to miss my kayaks when the wind is blowing me all around on my SUP, though. I might even do something crazy like buy something cheap and used to hold me over until I find what I really want.
Zegul in Toledo & a Tahe Marine in Cleveland that might fit.
There are a couple of very local boats that Iâm considering. Neither is ideal, but they have been listed for a while and the prices keep coming down. They are both for smaller paddlers. It would be good to have something to hold me over while I (potentially) wait for a custom order.
String,
I have both a Civil War Heavy Cavalry saber, and an Artillery Saber.
Thought about bungeeing one to a thwart in a solo canoe, to use in âclose encountersâ with drunken &/or stoned river dorks. But decided that River Rangers might think that it was a little too aggressive. Of course theyâre all packing pistols & a badge.
The final solution; I quit paddling rivers on âanyâ holiday weekend, and usually not on any weekend. Most weekdays you can often travel multi miles without seeing any people at all, or damn few.
Nice!!!..
P.S. That said, I think I may have some sadistic tendencies? I dearly love to see a passed out, drunken, river dork, roasting in the bright sunshine on a 95 degree day. No sunscreen, no shirt, no hat, wearing shorts, and no shoes. You just know⌠âtheyâre gonna payâ!
âSuffer you ignorant doofusâ!
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I wish we had the rest of great grandpaâs fighting gear but my uncleâs family has the revolver and shotgun.
Weâve all met the types you refer to on the river.
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Careful, Bob.
Some river dork might get triggered by your remarks and the next thing you know you could find yourself on the no-saber list.
List?
I ainât on no listâŚ
I donât need to be on no stinkinâ listâŚ
You donât need to write my name on any no stikinâ, no saber listâŚ
BOB
P.S. My adaptation of the âwe donât need no stinkinâ badgesâ dialogue from Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
I have collected knives since the age of 8-9.
I asked my Dad when I was a kid. What is a good knife around boats?
âSomething small, that will cut a tangled line, gut a fish and spread mayonnaise.â was his reply.
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My Dad was only without a pocket knife when he had no pockets.
Peeled oranges, sliced apples, removed splinters , removed in grown toe nails, scooped sardines out of cans, cut the lower leg off an injured duck (it lived) and more I canât remember. Iâve never carried one but have used them often.
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I can relate. I always have a pocketknife with me, ever since around 5th grade. Air travel became traumatizing when pocketknives got banned. I use mine about every day, often multiple times a day.
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Ditto that⌠Or forgetting to leave the pocket knife at the office when headed off to meetings at governmental offices.
I too was used to an EDC from decades of backpacking and fishing, where wishing for a knife is/was way worse that having carried one for the day without using it.
On the water, I had to cut a buoy and loose line (probably attached to a lobster trap) that had somehow drifted into the surfing break following up a storm. I didnât want the boardies, or me, to get tangled traumatically on a good wave ride in.
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